[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 124 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1697-E1698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO CARDINAL HAYES HIGH SCHOOL

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2001

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Cardinal 
Hayes High School, a treasured Bronx learning institution that 
celebrated its 60th anniversary September 23, 2001.
  Cardinal Hayes High School was built and organized by His Eminence 
Francis Cardinal Spellman between September of 1940 and September of 
1941. Its original student body consisted of over 3000 students who 
attended this institution in the original building, now deemed the Main 
Building on the small, elegant campus.
  Mr. Speaker, Cardinal Hayes High School has consistently provided 
exceptional academic and religious guidance for generations of young 
men from the Bronx and Manhattan. This unique school has been staffed 
since its

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beginning by Archdiocesan Priests, Irish Christian Brothers, De La 
Salle Brothers, Franciscan Brothers and Priests, Marist Brothers, 
Xaverian brothers, Religious Sisters and scores of dedicated laymen and 
laywomen. Current members of this devoted staff are responsible for a 
99 percent graduation rate. 96 percent of all Cardinal Hayes High 
School students go on to study at a college or university.
  It must be noted also that Cardinal Hayes High School is one of a 
just few schools in the New York metropolitan area operating as a Cisco 
Networking Academy. This accreditation allows the school to provide a 
two-year course of study that prepares students for CCNA certification. 
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) is a highly-regarded 
certification of networking and internetworking skills.
  Mr. Speaker, young men from all walks of life make up the Cardinal 
Hayes student body. These young men learn, work, play, and worship with 
one another while providing mutual support and comradery as well. I 
take pride in saying that my son, Jose, graduated from Cardinal Hayes 
and remembers his high school alma mater fondly.
  I am very proud to acknowledge this learning institution that has 
produced so many upstanding men that have, no doubt, gone on to benefit 
society. I ask my colleagues to please join me in celebrating 60 years 
of first-rate academic, social, and spiritual instruction in the heart 
of the Bronx at CHHS.

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